A day long conference hosted by the Institute for the Study of International Development at 大发彩票平台.
Land is where our lives are lived 鈥� it is a source of food, it is home, territory, it is what our cities are built on, what supports life-sustaining ecosystems. It is also a contested resource, a source of meaning to some and a commodity to others. It is at the core of the question of development. In this conference, we will explore some of the many intersections of land and development, drawing from multiple disciplinary and geographical perspectives.
The conference will feature a series of short talks by researchers at different stages of their careers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty), as well as keynote talks by two stellar guest speakers: Wendy Wolford, from Cornell University (delivered remotely), and Ben McKay, from the University of Calgary.
Registration is strongly suggested via this registration page.
This event in funded in part by the Dean of Arts Development Fund (DADF).听听
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March 17 2025, Thomson House Ballroom
Preliminary Program
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Speaker |
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8:30-8:45 |
Welcome & coffee |
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8:45-10:15 |
Presentations |
Louise Fontan-Ducret (大发彩票平台) |
"The river is empty". Frontier dynamics, citizenship negotiation and market integration around the Pilcomayo river in the Bolivian Chaco |
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Ga毛lle M茅vel (大发彩票平台) |
Sea level rise and wellbeing implications for coastal communities: a global evidence map |
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Julia Ros Cuellar (Bishop's) |
Trusting the Land: Alternative Land Arrangements for Agroecological Stewardship |
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Samantha Sagredo (大发彩票平台) |
Land as a Site of Ecological Regeneration and Identity Building in Rural Amazonia |
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Elham Soleimanian (大发彩票平台) |
Sustainable Management of Irrigation Reservoir Command Areas at the Global Scale in Response to Environmental Changes |
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10:15-10:30 |
Coffee break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Presentations |
Fernando De Almeida (大发彩票平台) |
History of Science and Biodiversity Conservation in the Brazilian Amazon: The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project |
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Ana Deaconu (大发彩票平台) |
Healthy farms, healthy farmers: Biodiversity management lessons from Indigenous farmers in Ecuador |
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Jackie Hamilton (大发彩票平台) |
Who cares for land? A justice perspective on access to acts of care |
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Diana Barrero (UofT) |
Weaving Colombian Women's Stories: (Re)making of Zones of Extraction with a Needle and Thread |
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Mart铆n Giraldo-Hoyos (大发彩票平台) |
Forest Allies: Cacao and the Making of Black Peasant Landscapes in the Cauca River Valley, Colombia |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-14:00 |
Keynote |
Ben McKay (UCalgary) |
From Extractivism to Co-production: The Political Economy of Agroecological Transitions |
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14:00-14:15 |
Coffee break |
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14:15-15:45 |
Presentations |
Marie Gagn茅 (ULaval) |
Land Reform by Stealth in Senegal |
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Jean-Fran莽ois Rousseau (UOttawa) |
Pumping land: Infill schemes in periurban Cambodia |
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Albert Berry (UofT) |
The Damage Resulting from High Land Concentration |
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Patrick Slack (大发彩票平台) |
Sedenterizing Swiddening Subjects: Commodity Production and Territorialization in Northern Vietnam |
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Yann le Polain (大发彩票平台) |
Dream brokers and the moral economy of frontier investments |
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15:45-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-17:00 |
Keynote (via Zoom) |
Wendy Wolford (Cornell) |
The Plantation Ideal: Extractive Landscapes in Mozambique from the Portuguese to ProSavana |
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17:00-18:00 |
Reception |
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Note on Accessibility
- Thomson House is wheelchair-accessible via a ramp from the terrace adjacent to the side parking lot (on the South side of the house, 3650 McTavish St.). There is an elevator to access the upper floors, where the ballroom is located. Note that the elevator is small and provides no autonomous operation for individuals requiring it.
- Thomson House has wheelchair-accessible, gender-neutral bathrooms.
- Note that getting Thomson House requires going up about 50 meters on a relatively steep street (McTavish St.).
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We are proud to announce that our event has been awarded Platinum Sustainable Event certification by the 大发彩票平台 Sustainable Events program run by the . Nous sommes fiers d鈥檃nnoncer que notre 茅v茅nement a 茅t茅 certifi茅 comme 茅v茅nement Platine par le programme 脡v茅nements durables 大发彩票平台 du . |
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Land Acknowledgement
Our academic concern for the centrality of land in development should extend to an awareness of the history of the land on which this conference takes place. Montreal, 鈥� or Tiohti脿:ke in Kanien鈥檏茅ha 鈥� has a long and rich history of occupation and stewardship by Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg Nations. This land has also been used for a very long time as a site of meeting and exchange by multiple First Nations. To learn more about the land and peoples of Montreal, see /indigenous/land-and-peoples.
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